2013 and Earlier - Toyota Camry Prices Paid and Buying Experience

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in south florida.MSRP 28300 for the Camry Hybrid LE with stupid options (toyota guard elite/ carpet mats/ tinting)Residual 66%MF is 0.00147OTD: 0 down +35 payments of 306/mo all incI did buy the excess wear and tear ($19/mo)

Your price is very good I would say based on MSRP plus if you indeed decide to buy, you only pay 61%.

Yes, $18,500 includes the destination charge. The dealer fee was $499 and tax was $1,412. Again, this is for a bare boned 2013 Camry LE with just driver power seat and carpet mats. No other bells and whistles (navigation, back-up camera, moonroof, etc.)

Taxes in Georgia are high for cars. Sales tax for general items is 6% and I paid 8% effective tax for my Camry.

I think I could have saved another $300-$500 if I had more time. I would have ended up renting a car for a few days, so it wasn't worth it.

Think I can contribute to this forum about my pleasant experience on buying Camry SE. Yesterday (July 18) I purchased 2013 Camry SE for my son at Sterling McCall Toyota, it was a very nice experience I hope to share here.

Last Saturday&#146;s Houston Chronicle newspaper had an advertisement by Joe Myer Toyota with $5000 off for Camry in SE and XLE model. I contacted Joe Myer Toyota and Alex was very helpful and quick to respond. Unfortunately they did not have a Camry with the option my son likes: SE with leather seat but without sunroof and NAV (nowadays with most kids having smart phones containing GPS, who wants to spend > $1500 for an installed NAV?). We have another two cars at home with sunroofs as standard and have never used them.

So I contacted Sterling McCall Toyota and Mr. Ury Cuellar replied my email promptly. After I described the car with options, he quickly found one which just arrived in their dealership a few days ago as he said. I scheduled an appointment the following day and met Ury after work. I brought the newspaper with me with hope to save the back and forth negotiation time.

The initial discount was about $4000, rebate $1500, $500 for my purchasing a Lexus car at their sister dealership Sterling McCall Lexus in Feb, then $2000 discount from the dealership. I was very firm with $5K discount or clearly said that I would visit another dealership with newspaper if no $5000 discount was available, so after another two back and forths, the deal was sealed with $5000 discount within 20 minutes.

MSRP: $26,868.00Rebate: -$1,500Loyal customer: -$500Dealer discount: -$3,000The final sale price: $21,868Plus Tax, Title and License the same amount which everyone in Texas has to pay.Road hazard: $698

Did not buy extended warrantee, but road hazard for tire and wheel damage since the road condition in Houston is very challenging for any type of tires including Michelin. This is a very good investment since all of our cars encountered tire damage within one year.

In the end, I found about $60-$80 extra charges like inspection, dealer tax and others added to the final contract. Since the amount was not over $100 and the dealership provided a full tank of gas, I did not questioned.

The final OTD price is about $24,300.

I usually buy car at the end of month, or quarter, but this time it seems Toyota is really giving a huge discount to attract people to buy. We thought about Honda Accord and Nissan Altima. The discount for Corona is $4k, for Tundra is hard to believe: $10k, did not see discount for other models. I wish Camry could have $10K discount. If you plan to buy a Toyota car, I think it is a good time now and the rebate may disappear very soon. Remember to bring a Houston Chronicle Saturday edition with ad of $5000 discount for Camry. This may save you a lot time and saliva. I saw other people had posted here not pleasant experience with Sterling McCall dealerships, but my experience so far is nice for two cars, so at least you should give it a try.

Floor manager on that day said he could not give 5k off b/c this LE equips with moonroof. I could have done better had I waited or walked away but I went ahead and took the deal. What do you guys think?

I purchased an XLE from the dealer. I helped another Edmunds fella, he also bought an XLE from the dealer. He was from PA. His local dealers could only come to around $2k more.

The tax is calculated based on the state that you lived in. I bought a 2012 in March of 2012. He bought a 2013 in Aug/Sept of 2013. It took him a little longer because he wanted to look and see if any other dealer could match. He got some bait and switch, and finally gave up and bought a fully loaded.

I paid $26,400 OTD.... List was $29,600 + destination + dealer + tax + title.... I should have waited and get the 2013 (lol). He paid a little more for the fully loaded XLE.

Ohio sales tax 7%, for around $1K more you could get an XLE. That's without Toyota's incentive. Toyota current incentive is $1000.00 so you should be able to get an XLE for a few hundreds more.... negotiate the deal my friend... tell them you want another $500.00 off, you will get it..... send me $100.00.

yes . it's a 4 cyl. basic se. the car price is 20900. they charge 499 documentation fee and $500 dealer fee, the tax they said was 4.35%. the total is about 224000. I gave them 21500. but they still didn't want to give it to me

I live in CA (specifically Los Angeles) and am looking for an SE. So far, my lowest offer is $23,956.00 for the SE with convenience package (includes anti-theft alarm, moonroof, navigation, smart start, etc.). This isn't OTD, this is just the lowest price anyone's offered me so far. Edmunds true value calculator states I should be paying around $25,877 before fees, so is this a good deal?

I'm kinda worried, cause the $1000 rebate is ending this Monday, so I want to get this done as quickly as possible.

I am looking for a good deal on the fully loaded Camry Hybrid. I live in Seattle, and it is almost impossible to get any deal in this area that is even remotely reasonable. because of this, I am willing to travel out of state to clinch a deal. Any suggestions on the area I need to be looking at? thank you.

We got base Camry model for $19,600 OTD including all fees and taxes on 7/8/2013. Also included in price were mats and ToyoGuard (complete waste of money according to me. but it was included in the price)..

I think it's a good deal. Better than TreuCar price. Such good deal are still available in ATL area as of now.